Opting for a suntan from a solarium is not a safe option according to researchers who now classify solariums as carcinogenic to humans. New South Wales will be the first Australian state to ban all commercial solariums from the end of 2014.

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A potential breakthrough by U.S. researchers in the fight against cancer, through biomedical research, will soon be offering a cure for cancer patients by keeping the person's cancer cells alive in a lab.

The body's immune system usually activates beneficially against cancer, but the inflammation that results doesn't help; sildenafil, better known under its trade name, Viagra, neutralized chronic inflammation in mice with melanoma, DKFZ researchers found.

Researchers announced two new drugs and a combination approach against melanoma that significantly prolonged patient survival, tiny gains that show unprecedented progress against this most dangerous skin cancer, one of the deadliest cancers humans face.

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Drug manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. received the U. S. stamp of approval on Friday to manufacture and market the first drug medication to extend the lives of patients suffering from melanoma.

Danny Federici, keyboardist of the E Street Band passed away Thursday from skin cancer. Bruce Springsteen was invited to sing with the band 40 years ago and the rest is musical history. Federici was one of those who had approached the New Jersey singer.